President Rajapaksa paid his last respects to well known businessman and Founder of Dasa Group of Companies late S.D.Gunadasa at his resident at Jawatta Road, Colombo on Monday (07). The President after paying his last respects extended his deepest sympathies to the family members.
The Ministry of Child Development and Women's Affairs, together with the Divi Neguma Department of the Ministry of Economic Development, is implementing a programme to provide livelihood assistance to women who have been widowed due to the armed conflict. The first phase of the programme is currently being implemented in the Northern Province.
First Lady Shiranthi Wickremasinghe Rajapaksa who left for China on the invitation of the All China Women's Federation reached Beijing Sunday (06) evening.
Sri Lanka in a bid to achieve its $ 20 B export target by 2020, handed over on July 01, the task of producing an initial way forward blueprint by August to an international consultancy firm.